The Chicago office of Duke Realty Corporation recently signed two leases in two of its buildings in the Chicago metro area. The two leases absorbed 172,688 square feet of industrial space in the I-55 Corridor.

As part of our series, CRE Future Leaders, we caught up with Michael D’Agostino, senior director at Kiser Group. D’Agostino focuses on multifamily, mixed-use and investment properties on the near north side of Chicago with a focus on Old Town, Lincoln Park, Lakeview, Ravenswood and Lincoln Square. During his first two years with Kiser Group…

SRS Real Estate Partners’ national net lease group has completed the $11.875 million acquisition of a newly constructed, single-tenant property occupied by Target on behalf of a 1031 exchange buyer. The approximately 22,000-square-foot Target also includes a full-service CVS Pharmacy and Starbucks, and is located in the heart of Oak Park, I…

NAI Hiffman has released the investment offering of the land parcel known as 450 North Morgan Street on the north side of Chicago’s booming Fulton Market District. Chicago commercial developer, MAB Capital Management, LLC, currently owns the site and over the past two years of its ownership has created value at the property through the demo…

The Missner Group and First Industrial Realty Trust are developing 88 Orchard, a 173,000 square foot industrial project in Aurora, Illinois. The facility will be located on a 9.7-acre site at 1998 Melissa Lane, along Dancer Drive.

Commercial real estate lending, investment and advisory company Greystone has expanded and re-focused its team dedicated to serving the small loan business. As part of the expansion, Greystone named dedicated regional market leaders and added loan originators around country, including Kyle Kalkofen in the Chicago office.

Earlier this year, ESD moved into Chicago’s Willis Tower, a relocation conducted in part to attract and retain new talent to the 51-year-old engineering design firm. But walking through the space, it’s obvious that hiring young professionals isn’t the extent of the company’s future-proofing.

Marcus & Millichap facilitated the sale of a 24-unit apartment property located in Algonquin, Illinois, according to Steven D. Weinstock, regional manager of the firm’s Chicago Oak Brook office. The asset sold for $2,000,000.

Samuel M. Luckino, AIA, LEED AP, has joined architecture firm Goettsch Partners as a principal and senior project manager in the Chicago office. In this role, Luckino will lead project teams on selected assignments, with a focus on office, hospitality, residential and mixed-use buildings.

Pathway to Living, a Chicago-based developer, owner and operator of senior living communities, has begun construction on Aspired Living of La Grange, a 116-unit assisted living and memory care community in La Grange, Illinois.